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Avatars of the word : from papyrus to cyberspace / James J. O'Donnell.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
O'Donnell, James J., 1950-
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Communication and technology--History.
Communication and technology.
Written communication--History.
Written communication.
Cyberspace.
Avatars (Virtual reality).
Communications Media--history.
Writing--history.
Internet.
Medical Subjects:
Communications Media--history.
Writing--history.
Internet.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xii, 210 p. )
Place of Publication:
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1998.
Language Note:
English
Contents:
Preface
Introduction: The scholar in his study
Phaedrus: hearing Socrates, reading Plato
From the Alexandrian Library to the virtual library and beyond
Hyperlink: The instability of the text
From the Codex page to the homepage
Hyperlink: The shrine of nonlinear reading
The persistence of the old and the pragmatics of the new
Hyperlink: Who owns that idea?
The ancients and the moderns: the classics and western civilizations
Augustine today: linear narratives and multiple pathways
The new liberal arts: teaching in the postmodern world
Hyperlink: How does teaching work?
What becomes of universities? (For professors only)
Cassiodorus: Or, the life of the mind in cyberspace.
Notes:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references (p. [198]-207) and index.
ISBN:
9780674001947
067400194X
9780674055452
0674055454
Publisher Number:
2027/heb02128 hdl

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